2. What is a noun?
Noun is a word which refers to a thing, person, activity, place etc.
Car
Street
Teacher
Man
یلگ
آدیم
ااتسد
اگڑی
3. Pronouns
Urdu pronouns include personal
pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the
persons spoken to, or the persons or things
spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative
pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and
reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the
object of a verb is being acted on by verb's
subject). Here are some examples:
14. Learning Objectives: To be able to Learn and practice
postpositions in Urdu
+I can use 2
tenses. 4+
connectives and
adjectives.
+I can use
three tenses.
6+ connectives
and adjectives.
DATE:
Strive Target: L6
Write the date,title and
learning objectives in your
exercise books.
Learning outcomes:
L3
L4
L5
Title: Postpositions in Urdu
+ I can give
detailed opinions.
I can use 3+
connectives to link
my sentences and
can use 3+
adjectives.
I can give basic
opinions. I can use
two adjectives +
connectives to
extend my
sentences.
15. Post Positions
کت tak by
ےک kai to
ںیم mai in
ےیلےک kai liay in order to
ےس say through
اسھتےک kai saath with
16. Postpositions
• Postpositions follow nouns or pronouns and mark a grammatical
functions, locations movements or extent in space and time
Ka
(of/’s)
Ke
(of/’s)
Kay
(of/’s)
Ko
(to)
Nay
(ergative)
Say
(from/by)
Mein
(in)
Par
(on/at)
Tak
(till/untill)
اک یک ےک وک ےن ےس ںیم رپ کت
• In Urdu, there are no prepositions but
only have Postpositions
From London
دنلن
ےس
17. Kay (of/’s)
(plural)
ےک
Ka (of/’s)
(masculine)
اک
Ke (of/’s)
(Feminine)
یک
اس
اک
ملق
ان
اک
وکس
ل
یلع
اک
رمکہ
اتکب
اک
ان
م
اس
یک
اتک
ب
ان
یک
اکر
یلع
یک
وادلہ
اکر
یک
اچ
یب
اس
ےک
دوتس
ان
ےک
وج
ےت
یلع
ےک
ڑپکے
اپاتسکن
ےک
ولگ
His
friends
Their
shoes
Ali’s
clothes
Pakistan’s
people
His
book
Their
car
Ali’s
mother
Car’s
Key
His
pen
Their
School
Ali’s
room
Book’s
name
25. Why? Kiyon?
ویکں
What? Kia?
ایک
Where? Kiyon
اہکں
When? Kiyon
بک
Who? Kiyon
وکن Whose Kiyon
اک؟سک
How
Much?
Kiyon
انتک
How Kiyon
ےسیک
Is that? Kiyon
ہی؟ایک
Can you? Kiyon
آپ؟ایک
26. ایک
یلباکیہی
ےہ؟
Kia yeh aik billi hae?
Is this a cat?
ایک
یلباکیوہ
ےہ؟
Kia woh aik billi hae?
Is that a cat?
ہیایک
/
وہ
؟
Is this/that? Kia Yeh/Woh?
ایک
ڑلیکاکیوہ
ےہ؟
Kia woh aik laRki hae?
Is that a girl?
ایک
ڑلاکاکیہی
ےہ؟
Kia yeh aik laRka hae?
Is that a boy?
27. آپ
/
مت
اکمہیےن
ویک
ں
ایک؟
Aap/tum nay yeh kaam kiyon kia?
Why did you do this work?
مت
/
آپ
ڑپےتھ
ویکں
وہ
/
ںیہ؟
Aap/tum paRhatay kiyon ho/hain?
Why do you study?
املس
اھکویکںاھکان
ےہ؟ات
Aslam khana kiyon khana khata
hae?
Why does Aslam eat?
ویکں
Why? Kiyon?
آپ
وہاجےتویکںاوکسل
/
ںیہ
Aap school kiyon jatay ho/hain?
Why do you go to school?
28. آپ
؟ںیہرےتہاہکں
Aap kahan rehtay hain?
Where do you live?
ےہ؟رکاتاکماہکںوہ
Who kahan kaam karta hae?
Where does he work?
یلع
اہکںںیمویٹھچں
اھت؟ایگ
Ali chuttiyoon main kahan gaya tha?
Where did Ali go in holidays?
اہکں
Where? Kahan?
اجاھکےناہکںاھکانمہ
ےگ؟ںی
Hum khaanaa kahan khanay jain gay?
Where we going to eat food?
29. اکمہیےنآپ
ےسیک
ایک
؟
Aap nay yeh kaam kaisay kia?
How did you do this work?
مت
وکسل
ےسیک
آےت
وہ؟
Tum school kaisay aatay ho?
How do you come to school?
وہ
اسیک
رکاتاکم
ےہ
؟
Who kaisa kaam karta hae?
How does he work?
اسیک
How? kaisay?
آپ
یسیک
ںیہ؟
Aap kaisee hain?
How are you?
30. ہی
ےہاکےنتکوییٹ
؟
Yeh TV kitnay ka hae
How much is this TV?
ینتکوہ
ےہ؟ڑبی
Woh kitnee bari hae?
How old is she?
وہےتسنہانتکآپ
؟
Aap kitna hanstay ho?
How much do you laugh?
انتک
How
much?
Kitna?
دنلن
ےہ؟دورانتک
London kitna door hae?
How far is London?
31. آپ
/
مت
اکمہیےن
بک
ایک؟
Aap/tum nay yeh kaam kab kia
When did you do this work?
مت
/
آپ
بک
وہےتھڑپ
/
ںیہ؟
Aap/tum kab paRhatay ho/hain?
When do you study?
املس
اھکبکاھکان
ےہ؟ات
Aslam kab khana khana khata
hae?
When does Aslam eat?
بک
When? Kab?
بکآپ
وہاجےتاوکسل
/
ںیہ
Aap kab school jatay ho/hain?
When do you go to school?
32. ہی
ےہ۔وکنڑلاک
Yeh larka kon hae?
Who is this boy?
وکن
آج
ںیمہ
ڑپاھےئ
اگ
۔
Kon aaj hamian parhaee ga?
Who is going to teach us?
وزریامظعاکاپاتسکنلکآج
ےہوکن
Aaj kal Pakistan ka wazir-e-azam kon hae?
Who is prime minister of Pakistan currently?
وکن
Who? Kon?
آپ
ںیہوکن
Aap kon hain?
Who are you?
33. آپ
/
مت
اکمہیےن
اکسک
ایک
؟
Aap / tum nay yeh kaam kiss ka kiya hae?
Whom have you completed this work for?
ےٹیبےکسکآپ
/
یٹیب
وہ؟
Aap kiss kay baitay/baitee ho?
Why do you study?
آپ
زگاسھتےکسکایٹھچں
ےگ؟ارںی
Aap chuttian kiss kay sath guzarain gay?
Why does Aslam eat?
اکسک
Whom? Kiss ka?
آپ
اجےتاوکسلاسھتےکسک
وہ
/
ںیہ؟
Aap kiss kay sath school jatay ho/ hain?
Why do you go to school?
34. Aap/tum nay yeh kaam kiyon kia?
Why did you do this work?
مت
/
آپ
ڑپےتھ
ویکں
وہ
/
ںیہ؟
Aap/tum paRhatay kiyon ho/hain?
Why do you study?
املس
اھکویکںاھکان
ےہ؟ات
Aslam khana kiyon khana khata
hae?
Why does Aslam eat?
آپایک
؟
Do you? Kia aap?
آپ
وہاجےتویکںاوکسل
/
ںیہ
Aap school kiyon jatay ho/hain?
Why do you go to school?
35. ینتک
/
ےنتک kitnii/kitnay how many?
انتک kitnaa how much?
ےسیک kaisay how?
ایک kayaa what?
بک kab when?
اہکں kahaa where?
وکیسن
/
وکاسن konsaa/konsii which?
وکن kaun who?
ویکں kiyoo why?
وتقسک kis waqat at what time?
کتبک kab tak for how long
ےسرطفسک kis taraf say from what direction
یگےگلدریینتک
/
اگےگلوتقانتک
kitnii dair lagay gii/kitnaa
waqat lagay gaa
how long…?/how much time?
ےہایکرگناکاس is kaa rang kayaa hai what color is….?
ےہایکاترخییکآج aaj kii tariikh kayaa hai what date is it?
ےہدنایکآج aaj kayaa din hai what day/date is it?
ےہاجبایک kayaa bajaa hai what time is it
ںیہآےئےساہکںآپ aap kahaan say aay hain where have you come from?
ےہاہکںوہ voh kahaan hai where is he?
36. Conjunctions
یھب bhii also
اور aur and
ہکات taa kai so that
رطحسج jis tarah as if
ویکہکن kion-kai because
نکیل laikin but
کتاہجں jahaan tak as far as
ہکوگای goyaa kai in a way
ارگہچ agar-chai
even if/
although
احلرہب bahar-haal however
ارگ agar if
ای yaa or
اغابل ghalban perhaps
وچہکن chuun-kai since
آ pas so
ےیلاس is liay therefore
ےسدبیتمسق bad-qismatii sai unfortunately
بج jab when
ہکبج jab-kai while
37. Connectives
العوہےکاس is kai ilawaa apart from this
وہےئرےتھکرظندموکاس
is ko mad-e-nazar rakhtai
huay
given that
ہکےہاظرہ zahir hai kai obviously
رطفاکی
/
رطفدورسی aik taraf/duusrii taraf
on the one hand/on the
other hand
ورہن warnaa otherwise
وہےئرےتھکرظندماےس
isay mad-e-nazar rakhtai
huay
seeing that
الثمہکہیوہ voh yeh kai, maslan that is, i.e.
ہکےیلاسوہ voh is liay kai the reason why
ہکےہہیچس sach yeh hai kai to tell the truth
ںیماس
وکیئ
ںیہنکش
/
البہبش
is mai koi shak nahii/bila-
shuubba
without doubt
38. Correctness
درتس daruust correct
یطلغ ghaltii error
حیحص sahih exact
وھجٹ
/
طلغ jhuut/ghalat FALSE
طلغ ghalat wrong
وھبل bhuul mistake
چس
/
کیھٹ sach/thiik TRUE
وہانکیھٹ thiik honaa to be right
وہانطلغ ghalat hona to be wrong
39. ینیقیریغ ghair yaqiinii unsure
دنمافدئہ faidaa mand useful
اکرےب bai kaar useless
کیھٹابلکل bilkul thiik very well
اماننابت baat maan-naa to agree
اجانااتک uktaa jaanaa to be bored
انیلدیپسچل dilchaspii lanaa to be interested in
رکاننیقی yaqiin karnaa to believe
رکانکش shak karnaa to doubt
ااھٹانفطل lutf uuThaanaa to enjoy oneself
رکانرفنت nafrat karnaa to hate
آانایخل khayaal aanaa to have an idea
رانھکادیم uumiid rakhnaa to hope
رکاندنسپ pasand karnaa to like
رکانتبحم muhabbat karnaa to love
دانیرتحیج tarjiih danaa to prefer
دانیراےئ raai danaa to give opinion
رکانودعہ vaadaa karnaa to promise
انہک kahnaa to say
انگل lagnaa to seem
وسانچ sochnaa to think
اچانہ chahnaa to want (to)
رکانوخاشہ khawaahish karnaa to want
وہانبلط talab honaa to wish (for)
Opinions
وہانقفتم muttaffiq honaa agreed
واالرکےنوخش khush karnai waalaa asuming
واالرکےنرپاشین parashaan karnai waalaa anxious
رخاب kharaab bad
ااتکٹہ uuktaahat boring
ایپر payaaraa dear
دمعہ uumdaa excellent
اگنہم mahangaa expensive
اوناھک anokhaa extraordinary
رپششک purkashish fascinating
ذجابت jazbaat feeling
ااھچ achhaa good
اننکمم naa mumkin impossible
نیقیاناقلب naa qaabil e yaqeen incredible
وخوصبرت khuubsuurat beautiful
وخبتہب bohat khuub marvellous
دجدی jadiid modern
رشاریت sharartii naughty
این nayaa new
رپاان puuraanaaa old
ووقفےب bai waquuf stupid
نیقی yaqiin sure
ریحا ی hairaanii surprise
40. Negatives
احالہکن haalaan-kai even though
ابووجدےکاس is kai baawajuud in spite of
وتہن
………
..
یہہن naa-tau…….naa sahii neither…..nor
ںیہنیھبک kabhii nahii never
ہن naa no
ںیہنیھبیھبک kabhii bhii nahii no longer
ںیہنوکیئ koii nahii no-one
ںیہن nahii not
ںیہنیھبھچک kuchh bhii nahii not any
رصفہن naa sirf not even
ہکلبںیہنیہیرصف sirf yehii nahii balkai not only but also
ںیہنابتوہ voh baat nahii not that
ںیہنایھب abhii nahii not yet
ںیہنھچک kuchh nahii nothing
41. Common Abbreviations/titles
اصبح saahab master
اصہبح saahibaa mistress
رتحمم mohtaram sir
رتحمہم mohtarmaa madam
رٹسم mistar Mr
سم miss miss
زسم misis Mrs
رپورسیف professor professor
ڈارٹک Doctor doctor
43. Access
داہلختفم muufat daakhlaa admission free
دنب band closed
رپوطرلمکم muukammal tor par complete
رصموف masroof engaged/occupied
عنم mana forbidden
ونممع mamnuu forbidden/banned
اخیل khaalii free/vacant
الھک khuulaa open
44. weights and measures
وچڑارٹیم miitar choraa (x) metres wide
ابملرٹیم miiter lambaa (x) metres long
رگاموس so graam 100 grams
لک huul all/total
زیمان miizaan balance
وطل tuul length
ڑبا baraa big
رعض arz width
ڈہب dabbaa box
ابملءی lambaaii length
رٹیمیٹنیس sentii miitar centimetre
وچڑاءی choraaii width
امیپءش
/
مجح pamaaish/huujam
dimension/measurem
ent
اہتءی tahaai one third
اکیف kaafii enough
وزن wazan weight
وماٹ motaa fat
رگام graam gram
آداھ
/
فصن aadhaa/nisaf half
اواچن uunchaa high
رگامولک
/
ولک kilogram/kilo kilogram/kilo
ابمل lambaa long
اسیج jesaa like
رٹیل liitar litre
وھتڑاتہب bohat thoraa a little
زایدہتہب bihat ziadaa a lot
امیپہن
/
وتلانپ pemaanaa/naap tol measure
درایمہن darmianaa medium
رٹیم miitar metre
دورسا duusraa other
اپرلس parsal parcel
ڑکٹا tukraa piece
وچاھتءی chhothaaii a quarter
وھچاٹ chhotaa
dhort (of height)
/small
وہاراک
/
اسنک ruukaa huuaa/saakan still
ابمل lambaa tall
التپ patlaa thin
گنت tang tight
ڈریھوں dhero too much
دقاکآپ
/
انتکانپ
ےہ؟ aap ka kad/naap kitnaa ha? what size are you?
وچڑا choraa wide
انانپ naapnaa to measure
وتانل tolnaa to weigh
45. Comparisons
ہکاسیج jaisa kai as….as
ےکسوہکتاہجں jahaan tak ho sakay as much ….as
رتہبنی bah-tariin best
رتہب bahter better
رباربےک kai-barabar equal to
اشادار shaandaar excellent
ڑباتہب bohat bara greater
ڑباےسبس sab sai bara greatest
وعیس wasii larger
مک kam less
مکتہب
/
اسذرا bohat kam/zaraa saa little
رتمک kam tar lower
زایےسزایدہ
دہ zayada sai sayada maximum
مکےسمک kam sai kam minumun
زایدہ zayada more
ںیہنزایدہ zayada nahii not many
ںیہناکیف kaafi nahii not much
اسیجاکی aik jaisaa same
اتلجاتلم miltaa jiltaa similar
وھچاٹتہب bohat ch-hotaa smaller
فلتخم mukh-talif various
ااھچتہب bohat ach-cha very good
رتدب bad tar worse
رتنیدب bad tareen worst
47. Learning Objectives: To be able to Learn and practice
Masculine and Feminine in Urdu
+I can use 2
tenses. 4+
connectives and
adjectives.
+I can use
three tenses.
6+
connectives
and
adjectives.
DATE: 23/06/2014
Strive Target: L6
Write the date,title and
learning objectives in your
exercise books.
Learning
outcomes:
L3
L4
L5
Title: Masculine and Feminine
+ I can give
detailed opinions.
I can use 3+
connectives to
link my sentences
and can use 3+
adjectives.
I can give basic
opinions. I can use
two adjectives +
connectives to
extend my
sentences.
ث
ن
ومئاورذمرک
48. Marked Nouns
• Nouns ending in the masculine gender suffixes “-a or ا ”
and “-aya or ”ہی are masculine.
Boy larka ڑلاک Child Bacha ہچب
Rooster Murgha رماغ Money rupaya روہیپ
❖ Extremley rarely, the suffix –a or اں
Well Kunwaan ونکاں
• Nouns ending in the faminine gender suffixes “-i or ی ” and “-ya or ”ای
are faminine.
Girl larki ڑلیک Child Bachii یچب
Hen Murghi رمیغ Sparrow ChiRya ڑچای
49. Unmarked Nouns
• Rest of the nouns are classed as Unmarked and their
gender must be learned.
Home Ghar رھگ Book Kitaab اتکب
Work Kaam اکم School School وکسل
• A number of common masculine nouns and feminine nouns ending
in the masculine or faminine gender suffixes “-a or ا ”, “-aya or ”ہی, “-i
or ی ” and “-ya or ”ای originated from Arabic so they do not follow
gender rules.
Water Paani اپ ی Place Jaggah ہگج
Air Hawaa وہا Mother Amma’n اامں
50. Arabic
• Arabic nouns ending in “-at or ”ات, “-yat or ”تی and “-a
or ”ا are feminine.
Price Qeemat تمیق Capacity Hasiyat تیثیح
Modesty Haya ایح Medicine Dawa دوا
• Arabic nouns ending in “-ah or ”ہ, are feminine .
Student Talibah اطہبل Time Daffah دہعف
Note that in Urdu, not all nouns are borrowed from “Arabic” and the words ending in “-ah or ”ہ are
not feminine as there is an increasing tendency to write “ChoTi Hay or ”ہ in place of “alif or ”ا as in
Hour GhanTah اٹنھگ
for
ہٹنھگ Address Patah اتپ
for
ہتپ
51. Natural Gender
• The biological gender of people or animals represented
by a noun usually determines the gender of the noun
Mother Maa’n امں Doctor Doctor ڈارٹک
Father Baap ابپ Artisan Dustkar داکتس
ر
• Nouns ending in “-pa or اپ ” and “-pan or ”نپ are masculine
Childhood Bachpan نپچپ Old age BuRhapa ڑباھ
اپ
Boyhood LaRakpan ڑلنپک Obesity MoTapa وماٹاپ
56. SINGULAR
MASCULINE WORD FEMININE WORD
Ends with ہ or ا
e.g. موز
ہ
موز سے
ے
then the plural will
end with ے
گھوڑ
ا
سے
گھوڑ
ے
Ends with ی Does not end with ی
then the plural will
end with اں
then the plural will
end with یں
e.g. کرس
ی
سے
کرسی
اں
e.g. سے چیز
چیز
یں
64. Plural عمج Singular & Plurals عمجوادح Plural وادح
English Urdu
Singular Only one person or item (e.g. ،زیم،اتکب
رکیس
Plural More than one person or item (e.g. ،اتکںیب
رکایسں،زیمںی
Urdu English
are ںیہ ےہ is
Villages داہیوتں داہیت Villages
Schools اوکسول
ں اوکسل School
Organizations اداروں ادارہ Organization
Talks ابوتں ابت Talk
Areas العوقں العہق Area
Waterfalls آاشبرںی آاشبر Waterfall
Tourists ایسوحں ایسح Tourist
Countries اممکل کلم Country
Cities رہشوں رہش City
Facilities وہسایلت وہستل Facility
Opportunities وماعق ومہعق Opportunity